I’ve been writing and editing for over twenty years and have yet to write a bad piece. I have a great appreciation for the craft and the art of writing. I also know that you write better when you can write about the things you love.
I love reading fiction, but I am a bit of a masochist. I love to watch movies, travel, and play games. I am very into the latest and greatest in technology, but I am also very interested in what is going on in the creative and journalistic worlds, and I feel that my writing reflects this.
I recently did an interview with the author of the award-winning The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. My question to him was, “What do you think is the best thing about writing fiction? I’d like to know your thoughts.” He agreed, but he gave me a chance to write one of my own. I wrote a piece called “What I love about writing fiction.” I called it “What I love about writing fiction.
You can’t really call it a writer’s block and say that you are having a hard time writing fiction, because that would mean that you are actually having a hard time writing anything. It’s because you are not taking the time to write, and it’s a really self-limiting thing that you have to do it to get published. Because you are not doing it to have a nice, easy life, you are doing it to get a life. All of the time.
In the case of Fiction, that means writing a good story. But also writing good stories that have a chance of getting published. That is not something we can do by ourselves. We have to be willing to take some risks, and make good decisions. That means we have to really, really, really really try. For fiction, that means taking chances and having a good idea, and being willing to make mistakes. You can have a great idea and still never make it.
It doesn’t mean you have to go crazy. What it means is that you need to write in a way that allows you to make mistakes. If you’re writing a book, you have to take chances that if you don’t, someone else will. If you’re writing a screenplay, you have to be willing to make sacrifices to make the film better. That’s not something that can be taught, or taken from you.
I think the phrase “have a good idea, and be willing to make mistakes” really applies to most aspects of our lives. Of course, you also have to be willing to learn from your mistakes, and in that sense the phrase applies to anything. It doesn’t mean you have to be a genius. It doesnt mean that you have to be a bad writer.
Fernandes, the Oscar-nominated writer who won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature, _The Impossible_, has admitted she put her faith in herself, and used her limited screenwriting experience to make the film. I love that she seems to be saying, “Oh my god, I am going to put myself in the film, and I am going to have to make some mistakes.
Thats a very good point. The filmmakers obviously trusted their creative vision to Fernandes, and she’s proving herself to be a pretty damn good writer.
I’ve heard it said that Fernandes has some great screenwriting talent. I hope I’m not the only person who notices that. Her debut feature, _The Impossible_, won best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. She was also awarded the Golden Lion for her short film, _The Blue Hour_, at the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
